I think he is talking about the fact that a large part of the game is actually run from the EA servers and so to pirate SimCity you would need to have a server that can replicate the EA servers processing.

Offline mod got released on piratebay about 20 hours ago, it will only take a matter of days before a server emulator is made for authenticationing, wich also gives access to local save file storage. thats my thoughts anyway.

Ubisoft who are also famous for DRM release games such as Might and Magic : Heroes VI and Far Cry 3. Both were cracked, both were patched, both are playable for free. That should tell you that DRM is hardly a limitation.

I give SimCity a few weeks before it is also cracked and patched. I can assure you that as many people have already said to you, it is not a matter of how, it is a matter of when.

Are you mentally retarded? If you buy Sim City you don't even own your own save files! And you cant play single player without a internet connection or anything else (DRM)... And now on "the pirate bay" you can even get a fix so you can build outside the small areas you get to build on and a crack that gives you offline mode. Crackers can crack everything! End of story.